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Games like Offworld Trading Company

  • 24 games
  • Updated Nov 5, 2026

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The closest matches to Offworld Trading Company: Northgard: Definitive Edition, Per Aspera, Surviving Mars, Stronghold Kingdoms, and Oxygen Not Included. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

  1. Rank 02

    Why this

    Also Colony Sim and City Builder, like Offworld Trading Company.

    • $29.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2020
  1. Rank 06

    Banished

    • $19.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2014
  2. Rank 07
    • Trending
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    Frostpunk

    • $2.99 (Price checked Nov 5)
    • Deck Playable
    • 2018

The full ranked list: top 24 games like Offworld Trading Company

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  1. 1
    Northgard: Definitive Edition

    Shares resource management with Offworld Trading Company.

    • 84% of 23,056 reviews
  2. 2
    Per Aspera

    Also Colony Sim and City Builder, like Offworld Trading Company.

    • 77% of 2,488 reviews
  3. 3
    Surviving Mars

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 79% of 10,552 reviews
  4. 4
    Stronghold Kingdoms

    Genres: Strategy, Massively Multiplayer, Free To Play

    • 57% of 4,303 reviews
  5. 5
    Oxygen Not Included

    Genres: Indie, Simulation

    • 96% of 48,352 reviews
  6. 6
    Banished

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 90% of 25,649 reviews
  7. 7
    Frostpunk

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 93% of 38,272 reviews
  8. 8
    Workers & Resources: Soviet Republic

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 90% of 8,217 reviews
  9. 9
    Imagine Earth

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 77% of 484 reviews
  10. 10
    Tropico 5

    Also City Builder and Economy, like Offworld Trading Company.

    • 77% of 4,759 reviews
  11. 11
    Let Them Trade

    Shares real time economy with Offworld Trading Company.

    • 84% of 477 reviews
  12. 12
    Turmoil

    Same competitive mood as Offworld Trading Company.

    • 93% of 5,211 reviews
  13. 13
    Corsair Cove

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 86% of 3,443 reviews
  14. 14
    Age of Empires IV: Anniversary Edition

    Same contemplative mood as Offworld Trading Company.

    • 86% of 27,761 reviews
  15. 15
    Factorio

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 98% of 114,794 reviews
  16. 16
    Against the Storm

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 95% of 18,297 reviews
  17. 17
    Planetbase

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 77% of 5,622 reviews
  18. 18
    Endzone - A World Apart

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 76% of 3,338 reviews
  19. 19
    EVE Online

    Same stressful mood as Offworld Trading Company.

    • 73% of 22,693 reviews
  20. 20
    Anno 117: Pax Romana

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 66% of 4,901 reviews
  21. 21
    Railway Empire 2

    Genres: Strategy, Simulation

    • 74% of 1,044 reviews
  22. 22
    Dwarf Fortress

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 95% of 23,734 reviews
  23. 23
    Kingdoms Reborn

    Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation

    • 90% of 4,395 reviews
  24. 24
    Port Royale 2

    Shares market manipulation with Offworld Trading Company.

    • 72% of 275 reviews
Offworld Trading Company — Steam game cover
  • Released: 2016
  • Developer: Mohawk Games
  • Price: $29.99checked Nov 5
  • Steam Deck: Deck Playable
  • 78% of 2,669 reviews
  • Genres: Strategy, Indie, Simulation
  • Metacritic 78
  • Platforms: Windows, macOS

Players highlight

  • Dry humor and corporate satire
  • Fast paced strategic depth
  • Living market reacts to every players move
  • Competitive
  • Contemplative
  • Stressful

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About Offworld Trading Company

The closest matches to Offworld Trading Company: Northgard: Definitive Edition, Per Aspera, Surviving Mars, Stronghold Kingdoms, and Oxygen Not Included. Ranked by imho.run from Steam co-play data, shared tags and reviews.

If Offworld Trading Company is your kind of game, the closest matches are Northgard: Definitive Edition, Per Aspera and Surviving Mars — picked from the ranked list below. Reviewers describe it as competitive, contemplative and stressful, and single out its black market deals and corporate warfare. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

Offworld Trading Company is a 2016 real-time strategy game set on Mars where players compete purely through economic warfare rather than combat. Developed by Mohawk Games and published by Stardock Entertainment, the game tasks players with building profitable companies by managing resources, manipulating markets, and striking black-market deals while prices constantly fluctuate based on every competitor's actions. Reviewers highlight the fast-paced strategic depth and the dry humor of its corporate satire setting. Players describe it as competitive and stressful, with randomly generated maps ensuring high replayability. The game supports online co-operative play and is marked as playable on Steam Deck, currently priced at $29.99 USD and holding a 78% positive rating from over 2,600 Steam reviews.

About Offworld Trading Company: Mars has been colonized, and Earth's corporate titans fight to dominate this new market. Competition is fierce in this fast-paced economic RTS from Civilization IV Lead Designer, Soren Johnson.

Is Offworld Trading Company worth buying?

  • 78% of 2,669 Steam reviews are positive.
  • We don't track this game's daily reviews yet, so this is the all-time picture.
  • Price: $29.99 (checked Nov 8).
  • People who recommend it had played a median of 42 h when they wrote their review.
  • Critics had played a median of 14 h before their negative review.
  • Steam Deck Playable: works, with some rough edges.

What fans praise · Themes mined from positive reviews

Top critical reviews

The most up-voted negative English reviews in our sample, quoted as written.

“Fun strategy (not quite RTS) game that focuses almost primarily on economy and geo-politics. If these in-depth mechanics were tied into a full-blown RTS game or even something like Civ it would be remarkable. But, support--specifically…”
910 h played
“I love this game but now the multiplayer has been down for over 3 weeks and no word from the developers at all”
200 h played
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People who play it also play: Northgard: Definitive Edition, Per Aspera, Surviving Mars

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Frequently asked about Offworld Trading Company

Can I run it?

Does Offworld Trading Company run on Steam Deck?

Offworld Trading Company is rated Playable on Steam Deck — it runs, but expect some manual adjustments (control remapping, text size, or graphics settings) for the best experience.

How much does Offworld Trading Company cost?

Offworld Trading Company is listed on Steam at 29.99 USD (current store price; Steam sales may reduce this temporarily).

Does Offworld Trading Company have multiplayer or co-op?

Yes — Offworld Trading Company supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Cross-Platform Multiplayer, Online PvP).

What games are most similar to Offworld Trading Company?

Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Offworld Trading Company are Northgard: Definitive Edition, Per Aspera, Surviving Mars.

Who developed Offworld Trading Company?

Offworld Trading Company was developed by Mohawk Games and published by Stardock Entertainment.